Drum Puller (was '56 Brake Questions)

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

You are very correct in that these pullers can & do break. I rented one about 13 years ago to pull the drums on my 60 & one of the legs broke & flew about 20 feet from where the car was. Fortunately, I was standing to the side & it missed me.

 

The correct type of puller is called a hub & drum puller. This type attaches to studs that hold the wheel on as opposed to the type that hook to outer edge of the drum. If you use the type that hooks to the perimeter of the drum, the drum well separate from the hub rendering it useless as I found out the hard way.

   I have since purchased the correct type from Mac Tools & paid about $125.00 & have had good luck with it.

John

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From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx

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Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:21 PM

Subject: Re: IML: Drum Puller (was '56 Brake Questions)

You should be very careful with these pullers. They can (and will)develop stress cracks. If the puller should bust while you are using it, it can be very dangerous.

I didn't see the one on e-bay, but assuming it is the correct type, I would like to point out that you must use the correct puller on those cars or the axle can be seriously damaged.

I am currently looking for a new one myself. Mine cracked when we were using it to pull the rear drums off of my '56 Imperial a couple of weeks ago. It was over 10 years old, but I had only used it three times. In the meantime we rented one from the local tool rental shop.

Paul

In a message dated 11/2/2003 6:32:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, parkerw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

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> Here's a hub puller of the correct kind on eBay, $50 is a
> decent price too if it stays there:  item 2440234948, nice
> pic of it.
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> Bill Parker, South Central Indiana
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> Roadrunner; '68 Barracuda Fastback 340-S; '69 Barracuda
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